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>36.10. Shell Scripting Under Windows</H1
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>Even users running <EM
>that other</EM
> OS can
	  run UNIX-like shell scripts, and therefore benefit
	  from many of the lessons of this book. The <A
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	  Mortice Kern Associates add shell scripting capabilities to
	  Windows.</P
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>Another alternative is <A
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>In 2006, Microsoft released the <SPAN
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